Clik here to view.
NASA Climate Scientist Quits to Fight Global Warming
April 2, 2013 Dr. James E. Hansen, head of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, gestures during an interview in August 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Climate scientist James...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Photos: Bolivia's Mesmerizing Uyuni Salt Flats
Alamy 1 of 15 The sky bleeds into the earth at the world's largest salt flats. Located in southwest Bolivia at an elevation of nearly 12,000 feet, Salar de Uyuni is a 4,000-square-mile salt plain...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Samoa Airline Introduces Pay-by-Weight Pricing
Thinkstock PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AP) - A tiny Samoa airline is offering a new reason to drop extra weight before your next trip: Tickets sold not by the seat, but by kilogram. Samoa Air planned...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Heavy Rains Flood Argentina's Capital; 5 Dead
Cars and garbage containers lay piled up after flash flooding caused damage overnight in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, April 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Leonardo Zavattaro, Telam) BUENOS AIRES, Argentina...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Temperatures Drop to Record Low in Honolulu
(AP Photo) HONOLULU (AP) - People in Hawaii are donning sweaters and long-sleeve shirts as winds from the north send temperatures to record lows. The temperature at Honolulu International Airport...
View ArticleWatch: Monster Twister Tears Through Texas Panhandle
An enormous twister churned through the Texas Panhandle on April 1, after forming a few miles west of Caprock Canyons State Park. Watch around 1:00, when the massive funnel begins to change shape and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why Has It Been So Cold This Spring?
Snow covering the Lake Michigan area on April 2, 2013. (Credit: NASA) Although spring has arrived, it may not feel that way for many in the United States and Canada who have had to put up with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Severe Weather to Strike Southeast
A potent storm system developing in the Gulf of Mexico will spread heavy rain, thunderstorms and the risk for flooding and severe weather to much of the Southeast on Thursday. Some locations with the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Major Storm Potential Next Week for Plains, West
A major storm is likely to impact a million square miles over the Plains and West with areas of rain, snow and severe weather next week. As a large storm begins to spread rain across the South this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Today's 10 Must-See Photos: 4-3-2013
NASA/Goddard/Christy Hansen 1 of 10 In this NASA image of the day for April 3, Alaskan mountains are seen from aboard the NASA P-3B during the IceBridge transit flight from Thule to Fairbanks on March...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dear Commander Hadfield: Everyday Magic
Astronaut Chris Hadfield brushes his teeth in space. (YouTube) Dear Commander Hadfield, I laughed out loud within the first 10 seconds of that video of you brushing your teeth in space. You take the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Scientists Find Possible Hint of Dark Matter
This image provided by the European Space Agency ESA on Wednesday April 3, 2013 shows the International Space Station in the sunlight. (AP Photo/NASA/European Space Agency ESA. Keystone) GENEVA (AP) -...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clouds Contributed to Record Greenland Ice Melt
Extent of surface melt over Greenland's ice sheet on July 8 (left) and July 12 (right) based on data from three satellites. (Light pink: probable melt, meaning at least one satellite showed melt; dark...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Audit Says Katrina Aid May Have Been Misspent
April 3, 2013 In this Jan. 31, 2013, photo, damaged houses sit vacant in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, a neighborhood that was hit hard by floodwaters from a levee break after Hurricane Katrina....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cruise Ship Torn From Dock in High Winds
Tug boats maneuver around the Carnival cruise ship Triumph on the east side of the Mobile River after becoming dislodged from its mooring during high winds Wednesday, April 3, 2013 in Mobile, Ala. (AP...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Flooding From Torrential Rains Kill 52 in Argentina
A man wades through a flooded street in La Plata, in Argentina's Buenos Aires province, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) LA PLATA, Argentina (AP) - At least 52 people drowned in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Where Are All the Tornadoes?
Tornado damage in Henryville, Ind., after a tornado swept through the small community on March 2, 2012. (Credit: Michael Raphael/FEMA) March is typically when tornado season ramps up, with spring's...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Arctic Going Green From Warming, Study Finds
Scientists work on the ice in the Arctic under a midnight sun. (Credit: Jeremy Potter NOAA/OAR/OER) Large swaths of the Arctic tundra will be warm enough to support lush vegetation and trees by 2050,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Heating Bills Climb as Cold Air Thrives
Below-normal temperatures could be the culprit for an increase in heating bills across parts of the Northeast and Midwest. "The cold isn't over yet," AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Joe Lundberg...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Post Sandy: The Jersey Shore's Susceptibility to Major Storms
The intensity of the flooding from Sandy knocked many homes off their foundations. New flood zone regulations aim to prevent this in the future by recommending homes be lifted as high as 10 feet....
View Article